Suicide Loss Survivor's Benefits - Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County

Suicide Postvention

suicide loss survivor's benefits

Suicide Loss is a Trauma

After a Suicide

It’s important to recognize that losing someone to suicide can be an especially traumatic experience. In understanding that what you have gone through can be considered a trauma, you can better understand what your grief journey may look like or the different ways it may impact you. Trauma impacts you differently than other types of losses, which may help normalize what you are experiencing.
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Children

What to know when it comes to suicide loss

Explaining Suicide to Kids

Kids react differently to grief than adults do. We (adults) expect that they will cry and be stuck in sadness/grief the way adults often are. Kids process through play. The best thing for them is the opportunity to be a kid - to play, to watch a favorite movie, read a book, dance around and cry, or experience whatever other hard feelings they have
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are you in crisis?

If you or someone you know is having a mental health crisis, call or text Crisis Hotline 988